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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024cat•a•clysm /ˈkætəˌklɪzəm/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a violent and sudden event that produces great social changes;
upheaval:The revolution was a cataclysm of major importance in that century. - Geographya sudden and violent action producing changes in the earth's surface, as a flood or earthquake;
catastrophe.
cat•a•clys•mic, cat•a•clys•mal, adj. cat•a•clys•mi•cal•ly, adv. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cat•a•clysm (kat′ə kliz′əm),USA pronunciation n. - any violent upheaval, esp. one of a social or political nature.
- Geography[Physical Geog.]a sudden and violent physical action producing changes in the earth's surface.
- an extensive flood;
deluge.
- Greek kataklysmós flood (akin to kataklýzein to flood), equivalent. to kata- cata- + klysmós a washing
- Late Latin cataclysmos (Vulgate)
- 1625–35
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See disaster.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: cataclysm /ˈkætəˌklɪzəm/ n - a violent upheaval, esp of a political, military, or social nature
- a disastrous flood; deluge
Etymology: 17th Century: via French from Latin, from Greek kataklusmos deluge, from katakluzein to flood, from kluzein to washˌcataˈclysmic, ˌcataˈclysmal adj ˌcataˈclysmically adv |